"I ___ you can't reach the top shelf" (challenging words) Crossword Clue

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"I ___ you can't reach the top shelf" (challenging words) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the money risked on a gamble
2. the act of gambling
(verb)
1. have faith or confidence in
2. maintain with or as if with a bet

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CHALLENGING (adjective)
1. requiring full use of your abilities or resources
2. stimulating interest or thought
SHELF (noun)
1. a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
2. a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

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4. ___ Zeppelin of "Whole Lotta Love"

7. Type of dance with clicking sounds

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11. Yes, to a pirate

12. Skeleton part

13. Grades that are worse than "cees"

16. Up the ___ (poker phrase)

17. Online chats: Abbr.

19. ___ model (inspiring person)

21. Banned insecticide: Abbr.

22. "___ of the Flies," 1990 movie set largely in one location, the island where the characters were stranded

23. Units of farmland

25. Lubricant liquid used in cooking

26. Month after the one with a leap day, for short

29. "The Breakfast ___," 1985 movie set largely in one location, the library where the characters had detention

30. Put on a show, like the friends of "Friends"

31. "Am ___ believe that?" (expression of doubt): 2 wds.

32. Skirt's stitched edge

33. Yellowstone deer

34. Bear from "The Jungle Book"

36. "Reservoir ___," 1992 movie set largely in one location, a warehouse where the characters met after a heist

37. Hour after noon: 2 wds.

38. Chili con ___ (chili with meat)

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